The Arguing Planets G4U6L5 Written by K. Mills

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The Arguing Planets G4U6L5 written by K. Mills

ong, long ago in the Kingdom of Solar System, the nine planets argued about who should orbit the closest around the King Sun. They all started to Lfight seriously among themselves. Jupiter immediately thought that since he was the largest planet, he should be the first planet, and he presented his request to the King Sun. Mars and Uranus heard him, and immediately came to the King Sun to protest. They said they deserved to be right next to King Sun in order to protect him as his guards.

All of a sudden, tiny Pluto ran quickly and started complaining as well. He told King Sun that size was not important, and he demanded to be the closest one to the King Sun. He was screaming at the top of his lungs. What a rude planet he was.

Then the ladies came to speak. Venus and Earth objected strongly by saying that they all broke the rules. Everyone knows that ladies go first!

Next, Saturn made a comment about being the most popular because of his many rings. Everyone can recognize him easily, and this is why he should be in the immediate proximity of the King Sun.

Neptune was infuriated by all these arguments, and he wrote a long letter of complaint. Then he read it to the King Sun himself assuming that he was the one who should be ahead of everyone.

But poor, little Mercury sat down in the corner and gave a big sigh. He saw that everyone tried to be first, and he was quite sure the King Sun would probably forget about him anyway, so he just gave up. He was just so upset that all of his friends fought over such a silly thing. What a mess it was!

Finally, the King Sun seeing all this commotion, decided to punish all these infuriated planets equally. He used his magic Power of Gravity and mixed them all up. They started to toss and float around the King Sun in a completely different order! However, he did not forget about faithful little Mercury. He made him the first planet because of his character. Since Pluto was the angriest of them all, he changed him into a Dwarf, and tossed him all way out into the space. He was no longer a planet. And this is how the planets were lined up in the Great Kingdom of Solar System ever since.